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Gunny means (uncountable) A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp..
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/ˈɡʌni/ · noun
(uncountable) A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp..
Traffic is brisk, and goods consists of rice, gunny (hessian), maize and native implements.
Provisions were ferried by camel in stout sacks of gunny with blocks of ice packed round them; a herculean task.
The gunny's voice reverberated between the barracks as we marched, “Ya left right . . . left right . . . left right left. […] Then the gunny unexpectedly stopped our forward movement. “Company, halt!”
“As a rule of thumb, Marine corporals, when a gunny asks a question, answer it,”
Alongside even' officer chain of command is an enlisted one, and the company gunnery sergeant ("gunny" for short) is the enlisted counterpart […] Without a gunny, the day-to-day operations of the infantry would likely grind to a halt.
Use gunny when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gunny means (uncountable) A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp..
Common synonyms include burlap.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Traffic is brisk, and goods consists of rice, gunny (hessian), maize and native implements.
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